Selected quad for the lemma: church_n

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church_n	according_a	true_a	truth_n	2,749	5	5.2105	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42156	A sermon preached at St. Lawrence Church in Reading, in the county of Berks on the 3d of October, 1692 being the day on which the mayor was sworn / by John Griffyth ... ; printed at the request of the mayor and aldermen.	Griffyth, John.	1693 (1693)	Wing G2020; ESTC R34922	12,406	30

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